Robert E. Williams

Biography

Dr. Robert E. Williams, Jr. is professor of political science at Pepperdine University, where he has been teaching since 1992. Before joining the faculty of Seaver College, he taught at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in Springfield, Missouri and at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

At Pepperdine, Williams teaches International Relations, Ethics and International Politics, and International Organizations and Law.

Williams graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in History from Abilene Christian University. He earned an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

He is the author, with Dr. Dan Caldwell, of Seeking Security in an Insecure World and the co-editor of a two-volume work entitled Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy. Williams has published articles and book chapters on just war theory, human rights, and the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

Education

• PhD, Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 1987
• MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, 1982
• BA, History, Abilene Christian University, 1980, Summa Cum Laude